1879 Births
- Coolidge, Grace (3 January)
- Einstein, Albert (14 March)
- Klee, Paul (18 December)
- Mitchell, William "Billy" (29 December)
- Rogers, Will (4 November)
- Sanger, Margaret (14 September)
- Schreck, Max (4 September)
- Stalin, Joseph
- Stevens, Wallace (2 October)
- Trotsky, Leon (7 November)
- Zapata, Emiliano (8 August)